- Birmingham News columnist Ray Melick writes that new NCAA rule makes bad choices easier.
- Dan Fleser of the Knoxville News-Sentinel reports on Tennessee event honoring Pat Summitt.
- Doug Robertson of the AJC points out 11 football players likely to have impact in SEC, ACC.
- Charles Goldberg of the Birmingham News reports on Ole Miss’ baseball sweep of Auburn.
- Neil White of The State reports on South Carolina’s sweep of Vanderbilt.
- In The Advocate, Robbie Neiswanger reports on LSU’s 4-3 Sunday win at Arkansas.
- In the Gainesville Sun, Andy Johnston writes on Florida baseball’s sweep of Georgia.
- Jeff Cocoran of the Athens Banner-Herald writes on the Georgia late-inning implosion.
- Kyle Veazey of the Clarion-Ledger writes on the Alabama-Mississippi State slugfest.
- Teresa Walker of AP has story on first African-American football player at Vanderbilt, who is finally graduating 40 years later.

John Clay is a sports columnist for the Lexington Herald-Leader. A native of Central Kentucky and graduate of UK, he covered UK football for 13 seasons before being promoted to columnist in 2000. Born in Paris, he graduated from George Rogers Clark High School in Winchester in 1977. He lives in Lexington with his wife and two sons. You can e-mail him at johnclay.bloginky.com.
I guess the fact that Coach Pearl, the Tennessee men basketball coach, is now engaged is not news.
http://www.tennessean.com/article/20090504/SPORTS0601/90504019/1035/Tennessee+s+Pearl+reveals+engagement